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This research gathers data on the volume of search queries that indicate an intention to do orphanage volunteering in a foreign country in order to gauge the pro-active demand for this type of volunteering in five different countries (Australia, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America).
Abstract
Orphanages harness the goodwill of volunteers, visitors and donors to generate funding. However, in recent years, evidence has emerged that in some cases children are being recruited or trafficked into orphanages in order to generate profit from this goodwill. This is known as the ‘orphanage industry’, and the recruitment of children into orphanages for the purpose of profit and exploitation is ‘orphanage trafficking’.
Australia is reported to be the largest funder of residential care for children in South East Asia. In 2017, Australia became the first…
This briefing note was developed by ReThink Orphanages Australia and the ACFID Child Rights Community of Practice to assist entities in Australia and abroad who have orphanages in their supply chains and/or operations to understand the implications of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018.
Whilst only approximately 3000 large entities will be required to report under the Act, the ripple effect of the legislation is expected to be much wider. It will likely impact smaller entities in Australia and abroad who are part of large entities’ supply chains and/or connected to their operations…
On 26 September 2019, Australia's Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon Jason Wood MP, launched guidance for businesses and other organisations required to report under the Modern Slavery Act 2018, which includes reference to orphanage trafficking. This guidance offers a case study on orphanage trafficking as well as information on orphanage trafficking as a form of modern slavery and how entities can identify it in their operations and supply chains.
This guidance note was developed by ReThink Orphanages Australia and the ACFID Child Rights Community of Practice to assist charities with overseas activities involving residential care for children in their efforts to comply with the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission (ACNC)’s External Conduct Standards (ECS). The guidance seeks to unpack the implications of the ECS for charities involved in any of the activities listed below and provides suggestions regarding the measures that can be put in place to achieve compliance. It also contains links to key resources for charities…
The Partner Due Diligence Assessment Tool was developed specifically for charities seeking to partner with overseas organisations who provide residential care services for children. It is designed to help you determine whether your partner or prospective partner is operating in accordance with standard notions of good practice and international norms. It provides a list of questions that can be asked or answered through various means including by looking at the organisation’s website, marketing materials, policies, annual reports, key governing documents and through site visits and…
Orphanage trafficking is fast becoming a highly profiled form of child trafficking involving the transfer and recruitment of children into orphanages or institutional care for the purpose of exploitation and profit. In 2018, the Australian government stated that they were leading the world in recognising orphanage trafficking as a form of modern slavery under the newly enacted Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth). This article describes how orphanage trafficking occurs as a process of child trafficking. It then clarifies that whilst orphanage trafficking is a form of modern slavery, orphanage…
Abstract
Institution-based sexual exploitation, including within orphanages, is on the rise in SouthEast Asia. While the drivers of this increase are complex, the growth in volunteer and orphanage tourism creates opportunities for child sexual exploitation by allowing contact between vulnerable children and child sex offenders, stimulating demand for orphanages and orphaned children through child trafficking and paper orphaning, and providing the necessary conditions for orphanage scams. This paper summarises the processes by which children become vulnerable to sexual exploitation and…
The Australian government introduced a Modern Slavery Bill into parliament in July, which is expected to be passed before the end of 2018. The Bill recognises orphanage trafficking and exploitation of children in institutions within the scope of the definition of modern slavery, making Australia the first country in the world to recognise this form of modern slavery in legislation.
The proposed legislation and the growing recognition of orphanage trafficking and orphanage tourism as a form of child exploitation could have implications for a range of Australian organisations and businesses…
INTRODUCTION
A recently released interim report on Modern Slavery and Global Supply chains indicates it is likely a Modern Slavery Act will be introduced in Australia and that the prevention of ‘orphanage tourism’ will be included in its scope. This will have implications for a range of Australian organisations and businesses, including Australian charities which currently fund overseas orphanages (or other forms of residential care) and/or facilitate volunteering and voluntourism (including short-term mission trips, or STM) to orphanages.
As such, this briefing note has been…